Known for his hyper-realistic pencil artworks, Kelvin Okafor is using his latest exhibition to call attention to visible skin differences. “Drawing Awareness,” at London’s Hope93 Gallery, features ...

₍^. .^₎⟆ & /|\ ^._.^ /|\ celebrates stigmatized animals in a similar spirit as Kenton gallery Carnation Contemporary’s recent ...

Not everyone can take a blank sheet of paper and turn it into a stunningly realistic animal portrait. It takes an artist with a sharp eye for detail and the skill to capture the lifelike essence of ...

OWATONNA, Minn. — Al Smith takes at least a couple of hours to do someone a favor. In this particular case on Wednesday, Smith was meticulously sketching a portrait of a friend's furry, white dog. He ...

Sketches by portrait artist George Herbert Buckingham Holland are part of the University of Northampton Archive [University ...

From Sh500 sketches to Sh2 million paintings, Collins Okello rose to fame through his portraits and a life-changing meeting ...

Do not adjust your screen: the above portraits are not the products of a camera but the steady hand and sharp pencil of a London artist with an astonishing eye for detail. Kelvin Okafor is one of the ...

Then his mother, Lisa, passed away that year, and as Hall put it, he "couldn't get away from drawing." "Art was never part of the plan, but every time I thought I would fail, something kept pushing me ...

At best it was a long shot, but a shot worth taking nonetheless. So, Eli Waduba, a Nigeria-based pencil artist put out the message on Twitter and waited in hope rather than expectation. Then two days ...

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